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Conversation 433-061

TapeTape 433StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 7:24 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 7:32 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Richardson, Elliot L.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Elliot L. Richardson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:24 pm to 7:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 433-61
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Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 7:24 pm - 7:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Elliot L. Richardson.

[See Conversation No. 45-121]
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Hello?
Hello?
Will I see you tonight?
Yeah, I got to change up myself.
Yeah, what I was going to say is that on this sense of the Senate thing, it seems to me, I've just been thinking a bit about it myself, is that basically, of course,
and appointing you, Ryan, of course, to name the individual impeccable, impeachable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable, impeccable,
That's right.
So you can do, but what I mean is, as I said in my talk, and with you, if you want to name somebody, that's your variety.
The thing is, if you just had the man, you got the man.
True.
Well, you can't just, and you can't just, it's
If you look to the Attorney General, you are basically the man who is responsible.
You are the Attorney General.
I do think that the replacement of Peterson would make sense.
You know what I mean?
But the point is, one way you might anesthetize me would be to find your man there and say, you do this, you do that, you will have the responsibility of reporting directly to you.
I think what they're really talking about basically is the Peterson problem.
He is the man in charge.
That would be another way out.
I'm not trying to tell you how to do it, but let me say that you have absolute authority to do that, and I would tell them that you have every intention of providing some money.
You don't have a responsibility, but you do assume that you're turning out on the primary responsibility.
Exactly.
Well, wash it off.
Basically, there isn't any question about having somebody who will take the responsibility, I mean, for, you know, conducting the, doing it, but under your direction.
I mean, under, I mean, you are the Attorney General.
That's the point.
That's the point.
Well, anyway, I just wanted you to know that I thought about it.
I haven't got any good answer, but it's part of the battle, and the...
You might get Bill Rogers talking, him getting his dues on it.
He's probably got some business, but he thinks that I'm sure that he can get back to him.
I know that you, as Attorney General, should, you have the responsibility, as he said.
I see.
You'll work on that tomorrow, will you?
Good deal, good deal.
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